Nathan Nhan

2022 Anita McIntyre EASS Award

Gallery 2

9 - 27 August, 2023

Nathan Nhan was the recipient of the 2022 Anita McIntyre EASS Residency award which was rewarded to Nhan after completing his Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons) majoring in Ceramics. The show includes a series of old and new ceramic work in the form of vessels, manifesting clay’s tactile qualities to explore and respond to his immediate environments and spaces.

Nathan Nhan (b. 1997, Canberra, ACT) is a ceramicist whose practice uses experimental making and the ceramic process as a tool to create, investigate and manifest identities within his work. Responding to the inherent materiality and cultural significance of ceramics, Nhan reflects upon concepts of place, community, and identity from an Asian Australian perspective. He often employs traditional vessels as a foundation, transforming historical forms into contemporary vehicles that play with the medium’s enduring epic narrative of both Eastern and Western perspectives imbued with personal stories and social commentary.  

Anita McIntyre EASS Award

The Anita McIntyre Residency Award is presented annually by Strathnairn Arts as part of the EASS Awards and is generally for a three-month residency.

This award honours Anita McIntyre who has been instrumental in the development and success of Strathnairn Arts since the 1990’s. The successful recipient is chosen at the Patrons Preview of the ANU School of Art and Design Graduating Exhibition and announced at the official opening of the Graduating Exhibition.